Veterans And Retired Military On The New Administration
By Thomas D. Segel
March 11, 2009
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A military retiree who signs himself only as Gunner responds, "I honestly thought it would take about six months before people who voted for Obama would begin to wake up and realize they made a huge mistake. It is happening much sooner than I thought. One of Obama's biggest supporters was Whoopie Goldberg. So, Whoopie is now disappointed with Obama and Company and he hasn't even been in office two months."
Whoopie said this isn't what she signed up for. She said that she understood it when Obama said he was going to tax the wealthy. "OK, Now I don't mind that. I don't mind paying a little more tax 'cause I make a good living. But, I don't want to get it coming and going."
"I wanted to be able to call this man my president. That now seems almost impossible", says retired Navy CPO Russ Kindle from North Carolina. "Every move the man has made is so far to the left of center that he violates everything I believe in. But then, I still cling to my guns and my God."
Lieutenant Colonel Harry Riley writes from his home in Crestview, FL that as an Army retiree the Administration's actions make his "blood boil." He writes, "There is no gimmick Obama and his minions won't try to move America solidly socialist, or should I say 'communism-lite'.
Writing about the planned tax increases for people making more than $250K, R. L. Fisher ponders, "I wonder if the people who get the 'tax break' will ever figure out that their tax has really gone up. The problem is with the hidden tax as it gets added to all goods and services. So, the government blames it on capitalist business owners and uses it as an excuse to raise business taxes even more."
Admittedly, the words reported here are only random responses from veterans and retirees around the country. There are undoubtedly members of the military family who agree with everything the Administration is trying to accomplish. The interesting thing is...not one of that group wrote and stated his or her case in support of this "change we can believe in."
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